diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/colors/ColorAndFontOptions.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/colors/ColorAndFontOptions.java
index 536f149ea996..ead03c08ab41 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/colors/ColorAndFontOptions.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/colors/ColorAndFontOptions.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.BaseExtensionPointName;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.*;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.colors.*;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.ex.Settings;
+import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProcessCanceledException;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.ProjectManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.*;
@@ -539,6 +540,9 @@ public class ColorAndFontOptions extends SearchableConfigurable.Parent.Abstract
       try {
         initDescriptions(page, descriptions, scheme);
       }
+      catch (ProcessCanceledException e) {
+        throw e;
+      }
       catch (Exception e) {
         LOG.error(e);
       }
@@ -547,6 +551,9 @@ public class ColorAndFontOptions extends SearchableConfigurable.Parent.Abstract
       try {
         initDescriptions(provider, descriptions, scheme);
       }
+      catch (ProcessCanceledException e) {
+        throw e;
+      }
       catch (Exception e) {
         LOG.error(e);
       }